I know this has been brought up previously but I am getting a little concerned about his lack of ice time.The coaching staff have said there is nothing wrong with him and Kyle has stated that as well. But lessthan 5 mins in what was a big game by one of our tradeline signings is telling me all is not what it seem's.He never even saw the ice in the 3rd, has Babs lost confiedence in him or is that hand being protecetedand given more rest before fridays game? If Kyle has an injury I would sooner us use a fit Rex until he isok to go. I understand giving a rookie less than 5 mins in a big playoff game but its got me puzzled with Calder,thats now less than 16mins in the last 3 games, Rex was given just under 30 mins in 3 vSJ, maybe we may seea roster change on Fri?

This is one thing that has been very dissappointing, not Calder's play, but his lack of ice time. When Calder is on the ice, he has been his usual self, going into the corners, hustling, working hard. He just hasn't caught any breaks to get a goal. We all saw what he can do in the regular season, so I think the coaches are losing faith in him way too quickly. I think he is worthy of 11-12 min a game and would use the time to get a few more points. Overall, I really like Calder, I have liked him since we got him and want to resign him, but the coaches unwillingness to play him might prevent that, and for that, I am dissapointed.

When he first came he was our best player in several games. After the first couple of games in the Calgary series he hasn't had the same jump and determination on the puck in the corners and around the net. He's also being outplayed by Franzen, Cleary and lately Sammy; meaning that he's behind them in depth and ice time. I did hear a rumour about him having a bad hand, but that shouldn't affect his skating I wouldn't think. If he wants a contract offer from the Wings for next year he needs to step it up and play like he did for the first few games after we acquired him.

I agree though if he is injured then he should sit and Hudler should be in. That last game against the Sharks Bertuzzi was buzzing around the net like a bull in a china shop and Calder got more than a couple close range chances and couldn't bury them. Give Hudler a shot with Bert now that he seems to have his legs back. Huds-Flip-Bert for game 1 against the Quackers please.

"And? If I did, I probably would have been a fighter, so what?"

Who knows; maybe you would realize that enforcers in hockey are critical to a teams chemistry and overall success?

This is one thing that has been very dissappointing, not Calder's play, but his lack of ice time. When Calder is on the ice, he has been his usual self, going into the corners, hustling, working hard. He just hasn't caught any breaks to get a goal. We all saw what he can do in the regular season, so I think the coaches are losing faith in him way too quickly. I think he is worthy of 11-12 min a game and would use the time to get a few more points. Overall, I really like Calder, I have liked him since we got him and want to resign him, but the coaches unwillingness to play him might prevent that, and for that, I am dissapointed.

in game 6 he was useless with the puck, he simply fell on his ass every time someone pressured him against the boards, and he took 2 lazy hooking penalties for 4 PIM in 4:50 playing time.

that's his "usual self"? ...thanks, but i'll pass. the only way hudler could do worse than that is if he scored on his own goal.

he's got to still be injured or something...either way, time to sit him. No sense in wasting a spot for 5 minutes of garbage.

In his defense, one of those was forced by Cheli's defensive-zone turnover.

The same Chelios I said was flawless in another thread, so scratch that one off and chuck an "almost" in front...

"We've been in the same spot all year long. We won 50 games for the fourth year in a row. People think we're just hum-drum and boring. No, you know what we are, we're good. You can't do what we do every single day and not be good." - Mike Babcock

He's definitely injured. I know he's trying to shrug it off like he's not, but it's obvious. The guys is a heck of a hockey player. We saw that from the second he became a Red Wing. Now all of a sudden since Round 1 he hasn't been himself and his ice time has gone down big time. I remember after we beat the Flames he held down his right hand and shook with his left. Think that's says it all!

I know this has been brought up previously but I am getting a little concerned about his lack of ice time.The coaching staff have said there is nothing wrong with him and Kyle has stated that as well. But lessthan 5 mins in what was a big game by one of our tradeline signings is telling me all is not what it seem's.He never even saw the ice in the 3rd, has Babs lost confiedence in him or is that hand being protecetedand given more rest before fridays game? If Kyle has an injury I would sooner us use a fit Rex until he isok to go. I understand giving a rookie less than 5 mins in a big playoff game but its got me puzzled with Calder,thats now less than 16mins in the last 3 games, Rex was given just under 30 mins in 3 vSJ, maybe we may seea roster change on Fri?

I don't understand this either Andy , The guy played pretty well during the regular season. I'm not sure if he's injured or not. do you think he might have upset someone in the coaching staff or something like that ?